Saúl Cepeda Lezcano (born

Irún Irun (, ) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. History It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as a Ancient Rome, Roma ...

, 1976) is a Spanish writer, jurist, gourmand and journalist.

Biography

Saúl Cepeda Lezcano has degrees in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

. He was involved in student associations for the defense of

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at the University. He has worked as a creative director, nightclub manager and environmental activist. In 2006 he invented a new system of representation of time. Currently he writes about food, travel and social issues in several media such as on Madrid (''

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''), Sobremesa and ''

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'', having covered almost a hundred countries, including conflict areas like the Balkans.

Literary work

In 1998 he was the youngest finalist in the history of the Antonio Machado Short Story Award, granted by the Spanish Railways Foundation and under the chairmanship of the jury of

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Liter ...

. In 2003 he won the XI Food and Travel award of El Chiscón. In 2012 he published the short stories book ''Delitos para llevar'', signing as Saul. In the same year he was awarded with the XVI José María de Pereda Prize for his novel ''Previsto''. In April 2015 was published his novel ''Aforo Completo'' (''Full House''), inspired by his high-level experience in nightlife business, where he worked for the main accused at the trial by the tragedy of

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. In 2017 he was awarded with the XIII Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award for his work Cuentakilómetros. In 2018, he received the Ciudad de

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Crime Novel Prize. In 2021, he received the XXXVII Benito Pérez Armas Prize.

Essay

Cepeda is coauthor of the book ''Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future'' published by the

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of the

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to support the International Year of Pulses declared by the

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. The text is published in the six FAO official languages and distributed in 194 countries.Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future
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References

External links

Official website Saul Cepeda Lezcano

"Дерев'яну стелю замку змащували кров'ю"
Travel section, Gazeta.ua * Swedish Culinary Academy blo
"Sea, sauna and a sunny lunch at Grinda Wärdhus"
* Food magazine ''7 Caníbales'
"Invitados"
* Saul Cepeda. ''Metrópoli'' magazine. Nº438. * Delitos para llevar. ''Esquire'' magazine. Nº55. * Delitos para llevar. ''Glamour'' magazine. Nº119. * Delitos para llevar. On Madrid (''El País'') magazine. Nº320. . * Delitos para llevar. S Moda (''El País'') magazine. Nº45. * Saul Cepeda won the José María de Pereda Award. ''El Diario Montañés''. Nº37.012. * Saul Cepeda, foreign food writer. ''Taipéi Times''. Nº170. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cepeda Lezcano, Saul Complutense University of Madrid alumni Spanish novelists Spanish male novelists People from Irun 1976 births Living people